4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (492+ words) Norway’s Andøya Spaceport and Germany’s Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket have the distinction of achieving the first launch to orbit from continental Europe. “Today, Isar Aerospace opened space from Continental Europe. Launch continues to be the largest bottleneck for the global…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (406+ words) The Spanish startup PLD Space has announced extending its Series C funding round, originally launched in March 2026. It has received an additional €108 million investment, bringing the total round to €288 million and aggregate funding to €488 million. PLD Space is developing its…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (458+ words) Mistral, the three year-old French AI company. has raised €3 billion in a Series D funding round at a valuation of more than €21 billion, the largest equity fundraising round ever completed by a European technology company. Samsung Electronics led the round,…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (350+ words) ASML has started building its second major industrial campus in the Brainport region of the Netherlands. The company celebrated the occasion with a groundbreaking ceremony at Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) North, launching a multi-phase development project that will eventually span…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (333+ words) AEye – the software-defined, long-range lidar specialist – has been has been selected by Lunar Outpost for integrating its Apollo long-range lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) onto the Pegasus Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV). This is the vehicle that will transport Artemis IV…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (180+ words) OKW is announcing customised and ‘Production Line Ready’ control knobs for rotary potentiometers and encoders, The Fareham-based enclosure specialist says the CONTROL-KNOBS can now be specified custom machined and printed with legends, logos and graphics. It can also supply the…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (171+ words) EnSilica, the mixed-signal asic specialist, is opening its Space & Communications Semiconductor Centre of Excellence in Milan. The centre will initially recruit 20 specialist modem and mmWave engineers over the next six months, expanding its engineering presence within the European Union. This,…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (241+ words) Pixxel, the Indian-based space data company, has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round co-led by Temasek and Seraphim Capital, a London-based investment group focused on the Space sector. The company is aiming to launch the world’s highest resolution…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (275+ words) IQE reported a strong first-half performance, with revenue growth of more than 40% year-on-year driving a step change in profitability. Revenue increased 43% year-on-year to £64.6m Adjusted EBITDA of £6.0m, compared with (£0.4m) LBITDA in H1 2025 The performance reflects strong demand for IQE’s compound semiconductor solutions…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (151+ words) 2Q 2026 marked a major inflection point as switch sales in AI back-end networks surpassed those in front-end networks for the first time, reports Dell’Oro. Meanwhile, Ethernet further extended its lead in AI back-end networks, helping mitigate supply constraints. Ethernet AI back-end…...